Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

I’m glad Anthropic is finding support as it stands up!

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Good for Anthropic for standing up!

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

I’m glad that Anthropic has been able to stand up!

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Corporations and Persons: A Theory of the Firm in Democratic Society Abstract. One overarching theme of the book is that the for-profit corporation is a morally responsible person, with a critically important set of duties w

What is the role of for-profit businesses like Anthropic in making social policy and decisions? I discuss these philosophical questions in Corporations and Persons: a theory of the firm in democratic society (Oxford 2025).

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Media companies have a moral responsibility to not give in to these autocratic threats.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Everyone in the business world has a duty to not be complicit with these detention centers.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Standing up to autocrats is not just a potentially smart business strategy. It is also a moral duty.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Standing up to autocrats is not just a potentially smart business strategy. It is also a moral duty.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

All these media companies have a duty to stand up to these threats.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

The NFL needs to stand up.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Businesses must not be complicit with these detention centers.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Businesses must not be complicit with these detention centers.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

One of the “democratic duties” I discuss is that businesses have a moral duty to stand up to autocratic demands.

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Corporations and Persons: A Theory of the Firm in Democratic Society Abstract. One overarching theme of the book is that the for-profit corporation is a morally responsible person, with a critically important set of duties w

Yes, Congress needs to step up. In Corporations and Persons: a theory of the firm in democratic society (Oxford 2025), I discuss how businesses should behave when their industry faces a social problem, and is not yet democratically regulated.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

The article states that "Hegseth and the geniuses at the Pentagon. . .are going to punish Anthropic for not bending the knee."

The threats are real, but Anthropic has a duty to stand up to them.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Even CBS has a duty to resist.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

All companies in the AI industry have a duty stand up for and with Anthropic.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

The entire AI industry has a moral duty to stand up.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

The AI industry has a moral duty to stand up.

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Corporations and Persons: A Theory of the Firm in Democratic Society Abstract. One overarching theme of the book is that the for-profit corporation is a morally responsible person, with a critically important set of duties w

This article addresses the problem that the development of AI is outpacing the capacity of Congress to effectively regulate it. I address the duties that AI firms have here in Corporations and Persons: a theory of the firm in democratic society (Oxford 2025)

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Microsoft is standing up.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Microsoft is standing up.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Microsoft is standing up.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Microsoft is standing up.

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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats As authoritarian and autocratic leaders seek to consolidate power throughout society, members of the business community face a choice of resistance or capitulation.

Anthropic has a moral duty to continue standing up.

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